内容正文:
The night the earth didn’t sleep
Unit 4 reading and thinking
lecturer:Abby
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flood
wildfire
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Natural disasters
drought
typhoon
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Earthquake
Lead-in
Let’s learn
The Night The Earth Didn’t Sleep
1.Look at the title and picture below and guess what the text is about.
title
The passage is about an earthquake
Fast reading
What does the passage mainly talk about?
An earthquake happened in Tangshan in 1976.
In what order was the passage written?
The text is written in time order.
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Read the passage quickly and match the main idea with each paragraph.
Reading for main ideas
E.Tangshan came back to life again.
Para.1
Para.2
Para.3
Para.4
Para.5
A.The earthquake caused unbelievable destruction to Tangshan.
B.The earthquake happened and caused deaths and injuries in Tangshan.
C.Help came soon after the quakes.
D.Strange things happened,but no one paid attention to them.
Sum up the main idea of each part of the passage.(use one word to describe)
Part 1: (para. 1)
Part 2:(para.2¶.3)
Part 3: (para. 4& para 5)
sign
damage
recovery
Careful reading
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1: People in Tangshan were warned of the earthquake and didn't go to bed that night.
2: People in Beijing also felt the earthquake
3: More than 400 000 people were killed in the quake.
4: People tried to get fresh water from under
the ground in Tangshan.
TURE OR FALSE
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F
F
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DISCUSSION
Suppose there would be an earthquake,
what should we do to keep ourselves safe?
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ways
Hide on the hard furniture(家具)
Put out the fire and turn off the gas
Use something hard to protect your head
Never try to use the elevator
How can we protect ourselves in an earthquake?
Speed is life!
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Don’t be nervous and keep calm.
Don’t try to run out of the classroom.
Sit down under your desk.
Protect your head by putting your bag on your head.
Don’t use lift.
If possible, run to the schoolyard.
There is no love in disaster, but we have love in human heart.
Make a poster about the earthquake
Finish the exe